User blog comment:Lathagarr Stormgale of Tronn/Debate/@comment-1399757-20101203181939/@comment-3143419-20101204153143

If you believe Him, then you need to follow all His commandments including that we should be baptized. Also, God is not a lawyer, we do not have to given a specific commandment for something to see that it is what He wants. Such as divorce. Many use His statement in Matthew 5:31-32 It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. to justify divorce, but if Matthew were promoting adultery as grounds for divorce, he would soon run up against serious difficulties. In this scenario, Matthew would allow divorce and remarriage for a husband and wife who had committed adultery. But a husband and wife who remained faithful to each other would not be permitted to divorce; in fact, their attempt at divorce would be considered adultery. Obviously, the only thing to do for a Christian couple who wanted a divorce would be to commit adultery, after which a dissolution of the marriage would be allowed. What we wind up with is divorce on demand, with a technical proviso of committing adultery. This all constitutes a strange church discipline, one in which adultery seems encouraged and fidelity discouraged.